Elizabeth Picciuto
@epicciuto.bsky.social
Writer. Fiction editor. Philosophy PhD. Rooted cosmopolitan, gardening Jew. Long Islander by birth, nature, and habit.
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"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
Somehow this account transcribed directly from my brain
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Somehow this account transcribed directly from my brain
Everyone knows that depressed and alienated men cheer right up every time they are asked to step up and help more around the house.
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Everyone knows that depressed and alienated men cheer right up every time they are asked to step up and help more around the house.
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That’s nothin’. Wait til you see my new AI Bris Kit.
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
That’s nothin’. Wait til you see my new AI Bris Kit.
Can I just say, it was a little weird how long even Trump-despisers were saying, “Well, maybe she’s just out of her depth, she’s so inexperienced” about this lady.
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Can I just say, it was a little weird how long even Trump-despisers were saying, “Well, maybe she’s just out of her depth, she’s so inexperienced” about this lady.
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We asked a butter scientist, a butter doctor, another kind of butter scientist, a stay-at-home mother of two butters, a Hollywood butter, and butter performance artist
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We asked a butter scientist, a butter doctor, another kind of butter scientist, a stay-at-home mother of two butters, a Hollywood butter, and butter performance artist
Not feeling the bad reviews on this one. I really liked it! To be fair, it’s extremely my shit.
It seems that “Wicked: For Good” exists to maneuver the events of “The Wizard of Oz” into position, @justincchang.bsky.social writes. “But must they be maneuvered so clumsily, and with such a glaring absence of brains or heart?” https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/WxA9tC
“Wicked: For Good” Is Very, Very Bad
In the second of two movies adapted from the Broadway musical, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo battle fascism, bigotry, and some fairly dreadful filmmaking.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not feeling the bad reviews on this one. I really liked it! To be fair, it’s extremely my shit.
I’m from Long Island, and one of the funniest things about Amityville Horror to me is that demons would plague someplace as ridiculous and hairsprayed and leopard-skinned as suburban Long Island.
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m from Long Island, and one of the funniest things about Amityville Horror to me is that demons would plague someplace as ridiculous and hairsprayed and leopard-skinned as suburban Long Island.
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This is fucking insane. Racist terrorism by the Executive Branch.
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
This is fucking insane. Racist terrorism by the Executive Branch.
Ok but may I suggest I ❤️ YOU, MAM! -DONNIE
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ok but may I suggest I ❤️ YOU, MAM! -DONNIE
Look, it’s unlike me to say something like this — and, frankly, a bit embarrassing — but I want to hear less about these people’s terrible decisions, loose morals, and weird sex stuff and more about this.
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Look, it’s unlike me to say something like this — and, frankly, a bit embarrassing — but I want to hear less about these people’s terrible decisions, loose morals, and weird sex stuff and more about this.
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Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
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To call them “badlands” is an injustice to just how good they are.
Bison grazing on tableland in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota yesterday.
Bison grazing on tableland in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota yesterday.
October 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
To call them “badlands” is an injustice to just how good they are.
Bison grazing on tableland in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota yesterday.
Bison grazing on tableland in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota yesterday.
“It may look confusing to outsiders, but what we’re trying to do is avoid making precedents that a Democratic government could also use.”
Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
October 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“It may look confusing to outsiders, but what we’re trying to do is avoid making precedents that a Democratic government could also use.”
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The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
This one’s rough. Like Johnny Cash, she was never uncool, just so charming and witty and a complete weirdo (complimentary).
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79.
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ reportedly dies at 79
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” has died. She was 79.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This one’s rough. Like Johnny Cash, she was never uncool, just so charming and witty and a complete weirdo (complimentary).
I can’t say what I’m thinking. But I’m thinking it hard.
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
October 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I can’t say what I’m thinking. But I’m thinking it hard.
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Are you fucking kidding me.
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Are you fucking kidding me.
I think the NYT choice-makers don’t like Trump very much, it’s just they have a much more visceral, more emotionally potent dislike of their readership.
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
October 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I think the NYT choice-makers don’t like Trump very much, it’s just they have a much more visceral, more emotionally potent dislike of their readership.
I block very rarely, much less than most of you. But I just instituted a policy of blocking any account that posts AI video as real, and doesn’t take out down several hours after being informed.
October 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I block very rarely, much less than most of you. But I just instituted a policy of blocking any account that posts AI video as real, and doesn’t take out down several hours after being informed.
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Third Amendment Rights Group Celebrates Another Successful Year https://theonion.com/third-amendment-rights-group-celebrates-another-success-1819569379/
October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Third Amendment Rights Group Celebrates Another Successful Year https://theonion.com/third-amendment-rights-group-celebrates-another-success-1819569379/
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Gotta get ready for Halloween *drinks 6 raw Cadbury Creme Eggs Rocky style*
October 31, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Gotta get ready for Halloween *drinks 6 raw Cadbury Creme Eggs Rocky style*
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Would I could find a fine frog!
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Would I could find a fine frog!